🧠 Inventions of 2003
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Social Media Platform (MySpace)
2 
Voice Search Technology
3 
Electric Hybrid Vehicle (Prius)
4 
Online Video Streaming Platform
5 
3D Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
6 
Wi-Fi Home Routers
7 
Open-Source Web Browser (Firefox)
8 
Digital Rights Management Systems
9 
Medical Electronic Health Records
10 
Spam Filtering Algorithms
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON March 21, 2003
Full News Archive
- Headline: Secret Talks to Surrender in Iraq. Impact: If only Rumsfeld knew that these secret talks would eventually inspire a whole generation of 'defection reality shows'. Imagine the drama!. Fact: Did you know that the term 'surrender' has seen a significant uptick in usage since the dawn of reality TV?.
- Headline: Japan's New Hope for Struggling Businesses. Impact: This legislation was the beginning of Japan's love affair with corporate bailouts, paving the way for future companies to think they can spend money like it's confetti and still get a rescue package. Spoiler alert: they can!. Fact: Fun fact: the Industrial Revitalization Corp was not a band name but rather a lifeline for the perpetually broke..
- Headline: U.S. AND BRITISH TROOPS PUSH INTO IRAQ AS MISSILES STRIKE BAGHDAD COMPOUND. Impact: This marked the moment when military strategies became a twisted game of chess that no one really wanted to play, but everyone just kept moving pieces around anyway.. Fact: Did you know that missile strikes were once considered 'the hot new trend' in military strategy? They really took off!.
- Headline: Nervous Day in the Pit For Traders of Crude. Impact: This chaotic day in the oil pit foreshadowed a future where oil prices would be more volatile than a soap opera plot twist, leaving everyone wondering who would survive the next episode.. Fact: Fun fact: Oil traders probably needed therapy after every trading session; it's like watching your favorite sports team lose every week..
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 2003, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #1
AAPL
Apple
Price in 2003
$0.22
Value in 2025
$1,226,446
Apple - If you invested $1,000 in 2003, it would be worth $1,226,446 today (1226.4x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
The Walking Dead #1
$75
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II #3
$50
Y: The Last Man #10
$80
1602 #1
$30
Green Arrow #26
$150
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Beyblade: Metal Fusion
$300.00
Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
$300.00
RoboSapien
$200.00
Bratz Dolls
$150.00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 Series)
$200.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
$150.00
Call of Duty
$100.25
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
$609.50
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
$60.00
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
$80.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
LeBron James 2003-04 Topps Chrome Rookie Card #111
$250,000
2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection LeBron James Rookie Patch Auto #78
$2,400,000
2003-04 Topps Chrome Refractor Dwyane Wade Rookie Card #114
$1,504.99
2003-04 Upper Deck SP Authentic Carmelo Anthony Rookie Auto #148
$19,544
2003-04 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion LeBron James Rookie Card #171
$800